Zack Weger
Senior Software Engineer at LevelBlue
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZack Weger is a senior software engineer with 11 years of experience architecting backend infrastructure for enterprise DFIR and cybersecurity operations. He has built and scaled cloud-native processing pipelines and automation used across hundreds of investigations, and now focuses on cloud-native security infrastructure and internal tooling at LevelBlue. Skilled in AWS, Python, and Rust, he emphasizes secure, resilient systems designed for long-term operability. His open-source work includes memory-leak fixes and deep file-system bug repairs in the widely used Sleuth Kit, reflecting strong expertise in file system internals and low-level memory management. Trained in applied math and computer science, Zack blends rigorous analytical thinking with practical engineering to deliver auditable, production-grade security tooling.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics at The University of Texas at Dallas
Github Skills (8)
c1710
memory-management10
debug10
filesystem10
c1110
computer-forensics10
ntfs10
incident-response9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sleuthkit/sleuthkit
Jul 2015 - Mar 2018
The Sleuth Kit® (TSK) is a library and collection of command line digital forensics tools that allow you to investigate volume and file system data. The library can be incorporated into larger digital forensics tools and the command line tools can be directly used to find evidence.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 6 PRs, 10 comments in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Zack primarily focused on fixing memory leaks and addressing other bugs within the Sleuth Kit codebase. Their work involved modifying existing code to resolve issues related to memory allocation, bounds checking, and data handling within file system components such as NTFS, exFAT, and HFS. These fixes span various file system modules, ensuring more robust and reliable forensic analysis capabilities. The user's contributions demonstrate a strong understanding of file system internals and memory management techniques.
sleuthincident-responsentfscommand-line-toolsforensics
strozfriedberg/ntfs-linker
Mar 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:1 release, 200 commits, 10 pushes in 11 months
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